Open AccessDomestic electric drills in the service of orthopaedic surgery: a potential and preventable source of surgical site infections
Author(s) -
Fatih Küçükdurmaz
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.586
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2589-1294
pISSN - 1017-995X
DOI - 10.3944/aott.2012.2794
Subject(s) - medicine , staphylococcus epidermidis , contamination , surgery , veterinary medicine , staphylococcus aureus , ecology , biology , bacteria , genetics
We aimed to assess the contamination potential of the exhaust air from venting ports of running domestic electric drills which are commonly used in orthopaedic surgeries by means of both microbiological sampling and particle counting.
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